As the nation recovers from recent tragedies, out dancer Daniel Harder of the Alvin Ailey company says people find hope in the art of dance RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com The American people have been tested as disaster plagued April: Flooding weather in the Midwest, the devastating explosion in West, the bombing at the [...]
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s Benoit-Swan Pouffer keeps dance alive Benoit-Swan Pouffer spent seven years with the Alvin Ailey troupe as a dancer prior to joining Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet as its artistic director. Since then, the French-born choreographer (he still speaks in a thick, charming accent), has helped bring the company national recognition, from tours [...]
As the Joffrey returns to Dallas to mark a century of ‘Rite of Spring, ‘TITAS’ director Charles Santos examines the need for dance in North Texas GREGORY SULLIVAN ISAACS | Contributing Writer gregoryisaacs@theaterjones.com When we sat down to talk about the visit of the Joffrey Ballet, TITAS director Charles Santos was unsure what TITAS actually [...]
After nearly 30 years, Stephen Petronio — known for his fast-paced, homoerotic choreography — finally brings his dance company to Dallas ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor A lot of choreographers are known for the their style (modern, classical, experimental) or the dancers they work with, but for Stephen Petronio, musicians fuel his muse. [...]
Gay modern dance master Doug Varone swoops into the Winspear STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com For award-winning choreographer Doug Varone, dance has always been his calling. “I feel as if I was always choreographing, even as a young kid,” he says. “I always had a visual sense of seeing things in space and [...]
The legendary club DJ brings his patented energy to TMC for Parade Day BearDance RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer Gay culture has always been ahead of mainstream society when it comes to fashion, sex and music. But the straight folks eventually catch up. Take the DJ — an exalted occupation in the gay arena. But [...]
Trans man Draconis von Trapp explains transitioning … to belly dancing You might think there is no common ground between the transgender and Middle Eastern dance communities. But actually, they do have two things in common: Both are slowly gaining more mainstream popularity and acceptance (though most people get tongue-tied if you bring either up [...]
One of Texas’ artistic treasures, choreographer Bruce Wood continues to amaze the dance world GREGORY SULLIVAN ISAACS | Contributing Writer gregoryisaacs@theaterjones.com The three male dancers are all entwined as they gracefully move under and around each other. “Keep moving. Don’t let go. Keep moving,” Bruce Wood shouts, “or you’ll get stuck.” Wood — for [...]
Jacques Heim, founder and artistic director of the fanciful dance troupe Diavolo, creates poetry from motion STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com When Jacques Heim founded Diavolo Dance Theater in 1992, he probably wasn’t expecting it to become an officially recognized cultural treasure by the city of Los Angeles. And now, for two performances only, [...]
SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN DANCE | Lewis and Fridmanovich, who teamed up last year, bring professional ballroom to North Texas. For fleet-footed Ryan Lewis and partner Natalia Fridmanovich, ballroom dancing is still an underground gay scene in Dallas JEF TINGLEY | Contributing Writer lifestyle@dallasvoice.com For those of us with two left feet, just the [...]
